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...tly in the breeze, as if dancing to the crickets’ song. All is peaceful…until a whisper of a shadow slithers by. A hand, sneaking under the screen, a brazier, grabbed, tumbles on the floor over silk cushions, which smolder for a short time, then catch ablaze, a curtain of smoke quickly filling up the room. Aditya stirs, coughs, then sits up – it’s hot, and he can’t see, he calls for his father, afraid – he can’t breathe; the boy falls back on his bed, rolls on the floor, out, out – but the way is blocked, and his throat is burning and –

All of the sudden a cool breeze reaches Aditya. A calm sensation settles over him, and he’s not afraid any more. He looks up and sees a face of a young man. "Everything will be all right," says a man. Behind him Aditya sees expanse of a beautiful temple. Thinking how it would be fun to play in the shade of the marble halls, the boy smiles, and steps into the temple.

The King

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ganga "Thanks! I remembered being fascinated by folk tales about the banyan tree as a kid, so thought I’d introduce it! :)"
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surreal78 "Hey guys -- sorry if you got an email notification about me posting this story, it's Ganga's. :) I just came across a bug in the email notification scheme and it should be fixed now.

Apologies if it emailed you unnecessarily!
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ganga "No, I thought it was a nice name! It's just that I seem to have a hard time coming up with names for characters. Couldn't think of a suitable one when I was writing, so I decided to leave it for later! I'll try to come up with something to post in a day or two!"

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